I’d add that often people tend to valueify their attributes and then terminalize those values in response to threat, especially if they have been exposed to contemporary Western identity politics.
In other words, make his pedophilia a terminal value? That’s pretty much the same as terminally valuing himself and considering his pedophilia part of himself.
I… wasn’t really clear. People will often decide that things are part of themself in response to threat, even if they were not particularly attached to them before.
I’d add that often people tend to valueify their attributes and then terminalize those values in response to threat, especially if they have been exposed to contemporary Western identity politics.
In other words, make his pedophilia a terminal value? That’s pretty much the same as terminally valuing himself and considering his pedophilia part of himself.
I… wasn’t really clear. People will often decide that things are part of themself in response to threat, even if they were not particularly attached to them before.